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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
CORRESPONDENCE of the Y0rkville Enquirer.
sLETTER FROM CHESTER.

CHESTER, November 21.-Lizzie Ray
and Carrie Melton, colored women OF this
place, were arrested here on last Thurs
day on a warrant issued by Trial JUS
tice Muller, of Columbia. They were
charged with committing an assault upon
Sallie Welsh by throwing elixir of vitriol
on her face and over her body. They
we're in Columbia Fair week when it is
alleged the assault was committed. They
we're taken to that city on Friday by the
Sheriff of Richland county. After a pre-
liminary examination before Trial Justice
Muller, in Columbia, on Saturday, they
were discharged.
A band of "Regulators'' made their APP
p~earance in this county in the vicinity OF
Lockhart's Shoals, on the night of the 18th
instant. AT a late hour of the night they
rode up to the house of a white woman,
compelled her to get out of bed and placing
her belinda member of the party, rode OH
again. After riding some distance, they
%dismounted and then and there gave the
woman a whipping. Having punished
her in their own way and to their WI
satisfaction, they remounted and again
placing her behind one of the party, rode
to a neighbours house, and, awaking him
placed her in his care, and disappeared.
The occupant of the house kindly accom-
panied her to her own home and left her.
In the meantime the "Regulators' appear
ed at the house of Jack Good, colored, and
taking him out laid many stripes on his
back. Their reason for whipping these
parties is attributed to an alleged improp-
err intimacy existing between them. On
the strength of an affidavit made by the
white woman, Trial Justice Byers issued a
warrant for the arrest of the following
parties: G. II. Smith, II. W. Smith, Rob-
ert Jameson, John McCarley, David
Good and Fitz BraWley. They gave bond
for their appearance at a preliminary eX-
animation to be held next week: 1t will
not be an easy matter to establish their
guilt, as the perpetrators of the lawless
act, whoever they were, operated under
cover of darkness, and doubtless were dis
guised.
A large quantity of land in this county
will be sold on the first Monday of next
month. In this is included the land of
the estate of the late j.. p. Ferguson, stu
ated within a few miles of town.. and con-
tanning among other tracts the valuable
Abel tract. The Pendergrass land on
Broad River is also in the list of lands
advertised for sale. This is a good OppOr-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
p.upoAn EARNINGS.

The report of the railroad commission Tor
September, published on the 10Th OF this
month, makes a better showing thar any pre-
vious report by the commission. Wlthtne eN-
ception of the Laurens Railroad, which shows
a loss in September 1887, Of Sl55.4l, compared
with September, 1856, every road in the State
shows an increase in business. The increase
for September varies from 1927. IS for the Ches-
ter and Lenoir Railroad, to S4O,335s.1O for the
South Carolina Railway. The Atlanta and
Charlotte Air Line, the Wilmington, Columbia
and Augusta, and the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroads, show the enormous
increase Of $24, 900 each, while several others
show an increase of about 81, 1000 each. The
net increase amounts to SIG, 1S4.73. The in
crease in passenger earnings was Sl6,349'4l;
increase in freight earnings Sl64, 1885,; and
tonnage increase 62,5i3 tons. A more encour-
aging aid satisfactory report was never made.
The total passenger earnings for September,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
CHURCH NOTICES.

Associate Reformed Presbyterian-Rey. j
C. Galloway, Pastor. Sunday-school at $3.50.
Baptist-Rev. f. C. Hickson, Pastor. Rev
J. X Faulkner, of Shelby, N. c., will preach
next Sunday at II a. M. and I 7. NJ. Sunday
school at 10 A. NJ.
Presbyterian-Rev. T. r. English, rastor
Services next Sunday at II a. NJ. and 7 P. NJ
Sunday-school at 3 P. NJ. There Will De NO
prayer-meeting tomorrow evening.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. w. w. Daniel,
Pastor. Services at 1920 P. NJ. and I L. NJ.
Sunday-school at 3 P. NJ. Prayer-meetlng
this evening at I o'clock.
Kings Mountain Mission-Rev. l.. A. John
son, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia Church
next Sunday at II A. NJ.
Episcopal-Rev. Edmund n. Joyner, Rec
for. Sunday-school at $50 p. M.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
DEATH OF A GOOD MAN.

We regret to record the death of Captain II.
r. McKinnie, a good citizen of Maxton, n. u,
which occurred in that town on the 18th. VI
northern birth he was living in North Carolina
at the commencement ofthe war, and espouslng
the cause of the South he entered the Conteder-
ate service as a lieutenant in the First n. Z.
Regiment, which participated in the battle OF
Bethel. On the d~isbanding of this regiment at
the end of it's six months service he raised a
company which was attached to the Forty
sixth n. G. Regiment. AS Captain of this
company he went through the war until Lees
surrender. During the war he marriedin Ran
dolph county, n. c., a sister of Mrs. Ingold,
of this place, who with an only daughter sur
wives him. Capt. McKinnie was a generous,
noble-heartcd, upright man, and was highly
esteemed by the people of Maxton, where he
settled after the war.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
ANOTHER SORGHUM REPORT.

Mr.. A. l.. Wallace, who lives six miles south
of town, on Fishing Creek, has furnished us
with a very fine sample of sorghum syrup,
made from orange sorghum cane. The speci-
men is of bright color and quite free from i'm
%purities. Mr.. Wallace informs us that he pro-
duced 1856 gallons Of syrup from 81 acres of OLD
field that would not have yielded more than 800
pounds of lint cotton. The crop was produced
without manure of any kind being applied to
the land. In addition to the syrup, there was
a yield of about 1900 bundles Of fodder and
about 100 bushels of seed. Since the seed and
fodder were gathered he has used them almost
exclusively in feeding his mules, and they
have been kent in good condition..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
i FIJI DEPOT,

There is much complaint-and not without
just cause-among the business men of the
town about the poor facilities for handling
freight at the depot. Especially do the cotton
buyers have reason to complain of the lack
of accommodation for them. A dilapldated
platform, both ends of which have already fall
len, leaving a floor surface of about ten by
forty feet, and it in a tumble-down condition
is the only place, as we are informed they
for delivering cotton from their wagons. a
railroad agency doing the business OF this at
at Yorkville-probably 100000 per annum-
should afford reasonable facilities to its ship
ping patrons, and the attention of the manage
ment is respectfully directed to the complaint
of YOrkYille shippers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23

tunity for persons wishing to buy land.
Capt. Ferguson Barber, President of the
Fishing Creek Manufacturing Company,
gives a good report of the operations of
his mill. 1t runs night and day and turns
out about 5000 pounds of yarn per day.
Since the dismissal of the members of the
knights of Labor, the employees ofthe Fac
tory give no further trouble.
There was plenty of ice this morning.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
TWELFTH REGIMENT SURVIVORS.

AS is known, it is proposed to have a re-
union of McGowan's Brigade in Columbia on
the 18th of next month, on which occasion
Col. Edward McCrady, of Charleston, will be
orator. The promoters of the proposed re-
union desire as large a meeting as possible,
and expect good delegations from each coin
mand. Survivors in York county of COM
panies A and B, Twelfth Regiment, who pro-
pose to attend are requested to communicate
to the editor of the ENQUIRER, either in per-
son or by letter, by Monday, the 5th day OF
December next. 1t is important to those hav-
ing the matter in charge to know in advance
the probable number who will attend.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23

porous condition, with a large membership,
and besides other benefits derived by the
organization, it had been highly advantageous
in stimulating members to improved methods
in agriculture, which he felt sure will prove
gratifying after the crops shall have been fully
gathered and estimates made.
The Convention then adjourned SINE die.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
REDuCED

Capt. b. r. Tillman publishes the statement,
which he requests newspapers friendly to the
farming interests to copy, that delegates to
tho approaching Farmers Convention, which
meets in Columbia on the 1st of December,
will be passed over several of the railroads at
reduced rates. Among the roads mentioned is
the Richmond and Danville and it's connec-
tons. He says the Port Royal Railroad re-
fused any reduction on the ground that it is
"political convention which, says the Cap
tain, sis news to many of u.s."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23

The RICHLAND FARMERs.-Under date
of last Saturday, the Columbia correspon-
dent of the Charleston Sunday Ne1uS says:
The Richland Farmers Club held a
meeting in the hall Of agriculture at II
o'clock to-day. The meeting was larger
than usual. The only matter demanding
the consideration Of this organization was
the question whether or not the Richland
Farmers Club should send delegates to
the Farmers Convention" to be held in
this city next month.
Col. Tom Taylor, who was appointed at
the last convention to effect an organlza-
ton subject to that convention, had not
done so. ,
Col. Wallace wa called to the chair and
Mr.. James Graham was appointed secre-
tary. The matter was fully discussed.
The sentiment of the meeting was, that
while the Richland Farmers Club was in
hearty sympathy with any legitimate
movement which would advance the inter-
ests of the farmers of the State, it was a
non-political body and therefore did not
deem it advisable to participate in the
Tillman Convention. The following reso-
luton was adopted and carried without
opposition:
t'Resolved, That in the judgment Of the Far
mers' Club it is inexpedient for Richland to
send any delegates to the proposed Farmers
Convention"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
DISCHARGED ON PRELIMINARY.

Anderson Byers and Joshua Hill, colored,
arrested last Tuesday, charged with the incen-
diarism of a tenement house on the premises of
Mrs. Kate Williamson, had a preliminary hear
ing on Tuesday evening before Trial Justice
Adams and were discharged, the trial JUSTICE
being o fopinion, as we are informed, that they
could or would be able to establish an alibi.
They were arrested on a sworn confession of
Violet Bratton, colored, convicted at last term
of the Court, whose affidavit charged them as
particeps criminis with her in the deed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
~ THE COTTON MARKET.

The shipments of cotton from the depot in
this place since the lst of last September, up to
and including yesterday, end instant, aggre-
gate AL bales. The stock in the hands of
buyers yesterday foots up All bales, making a
total of 1898 bales sold in this market the
present season. Messrs. j. w. P. Hope & Co..
are the largest buyers in Yorkyille, their pur-
chases aggregating l 100 bales to date, of which
1852 were boughtin this market proper. They
express the opinion that about half the crop
tributary to this market has been sold.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23

1886. sl43, 500; 1887, s16O,249; increase S16,349.
The total freight earnings for September,
1886, 1920, 3OO; 1887, S493, 1876 increase, $l64, 435.
The total tonnage for the month were: 1856,
156, 2s6; 1887, 2lS, S29; increase, 6 2,543.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23

- Says the Anderson Journal, Thursday :
During the past week fifteen cases of lille
gal traffic in liquors were tried before the
Mayor, all of them against John O'Don-
nell and Mason Keaton, both jointly and
separately. John O'Donnell was convict
ed in five cases and Mason Keaton in two,
a fine of 500 being imposed in each case.
Each defendant was found not guilty in
four cases.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
THANKSGIVING SERVICE.

A thanksgiving service will be held in the
Methodist Church on tomorrow at II o'clock,
A.. NJ. The sermon will be preached by Rev.
T. r.. English, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church. This is a union service, to which all
ara invited.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1885.
The ENQUIRER will be furnished from this
date until January 1st, 1888, for 80 cents.
TOWN TAXES.

Town Treasurer Gilbert desires to remind
delinquent taxpayers that the time for the
payment of town taxes now called for will ex-
pire on Wednesday next, after which date the
penalties will attach.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
MERE-MENTION.

A water famine is now prevailing IN tne
section around Vandalia, ILL.,, and is Sc
riously felt by the farmers, stockmen and
even railroads in the eastern part OF the
county. Farmers have to haul water
eigh or ten miles for all purposes. A sim
liar scarcity of water also exists at Fort
Wayne, Indiana. "T"Herr Most, the New
York Anarchist, made an infammato-
nv speech in that city after the hanging of
the Chicago Anarchists, for which he was
arrested and held for trial in a bond of
81, 5OO.""".."Registration for the prohibit
ton election in Atlanta has closed, and the
books show the names of8 ,634 voters, being
1,41S more names than before the prohibit
ton election of 1885. The proportion of
colored to white voters is thought to be
Al per t."'"Rev. Charles Berry, of
Wolverhampton, England, has been call
ed by the congregation of Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, as the successor of Hen
nv Ward Beecher ".XB fires at Green
Vile, Texas, Memphis, Tenn, and Little
Rock, Ark, last week, 21,20O bales of cot
ton were destroyed, the loss aggregating
81, 100, OOO. """'The business failures du-
ring the past week number for the United
States POS, and for Canada 10, or a total OF
294, as compared with q total of 217 the
week previous. ..'Tillman G. Justice
was hanged in Lowndes county, Ga, last
Friday, Tor the murder of j. B: Goddard,
an old man whom he suspected OF report
ing illicit distillers. Cotton-groWlng
is to be attempted in the neighborhood OF
Jacksonville, Oregon. Near Hemp
hill. Texas, on Sunday of last week, a
sherif's posse killed old Willis Corners,
a famous outlaw of Eastern Texas, and
his ten-year old grandson. Corners was
tho father of nine O M eight of whom have
been killed during the past five years in
fshts with officers" is said that the
Bessemer rail manufacturers of the United
States, twelve in number, have decided to
order a general suspension of work. This
will throw an immense number of men
out of work...'".."A completed official list
of members of the next House of Repre-
sentatives shows that the House will con-
sist of 1853 Democrats, and 1853 Republicans,
and 4 Independents. The Independents
are Anderson, of Iowa; Nichols, of North
Carolina; hopkins, of Virginia, and
Smith, of Wisconsin. ""'H&Five shares of
Kelly motor stock were sold at auction in
New York the other day for $5.The
incipient State of Dakota has the hand
some sum of S. 5000, 900 invested in school
property. ."''"George Francis Train, the
New York crank, spent $4,000 in the eff
fort to secure a pardon for the executed
Anarchists. ...".."Bud Veal, who has been
on trial at Atlanta, Ga, charged with
killing G.. d. Horne, the contractor of the
State capitol, has been acquitted. 'In
the United States Circuit Court at Calves
ton, Texas, last Thursday, judgments,
were entered against the city of Houston
aggregating 81, 700, accrued interest on
bonds issued during Reconstruction days.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23

The Charleston Sunday Ne1Cs reports
w. N. Taft, ex-Postmaster of Charleston
and a leading Republican, as in a ''poor
state of health" and the Columbia Regis-
ter of Sunday contains a paragraph to the
effect that Taft has become demented.
He came to Charleston with a Rhode Is
land regiment just after the war, and has
lived in that city ever since. He is the
last carpet Dagger of prominence in South
Carolina, and his illness means tile end Of
Republicanism in the State.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-16
OAKLAND's GROWTH.
The Shipping of Turtles a New Ii
dustry OF the Town.

The Shipping of Turtles a New In
dustry OF the Town.
OAKLAND, FLA, March IA new in
dustry in this section is that Of catching
and shipping turtles, OF which Lake
Apopka appears to be full. For the past
week they have been shipped daily in
barrels to jacksonville and other markets
farther north.
Four new houses were started here last
week. Building is going on very rapid
ly and good carpenters are in demand, as
well as pasterers, painters, etc.
WORK on the .artesian we'll has been
temporarily suspended, and heavier drills
have been sent for. Hard quartz rock.
was encountered at depth OF 365 feet,
in veins from TO feet thick, and the
light drills in use up 10 this point have
been found unit for such heavy work.
A, n. WinsOr, one OF the new settlers
In Oakland, went fishing a few days ago
in Lake John, about half a mile from
town. He fished for an hour and half,
and returned with twenty-nine pounds of
fish, the majority being bass, or "trOut"
as they are usually called. >
The City OF Apopka, small steamer
running on the lake, has been crowded to
her full capacity for some time, and
comes in from every trip loaded with
vegetables. A new steamer has been pur-
chased and is on her way here to be
placed on the lake and run in come ction
with the trains. The new boat is go feet
in length, and Is screw propeller. She
will do a general freight business from
landings around the lake, and also carry
passengers.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-16
WORK ON THE CRUISERS.
A Legal Opinion Which Makes 1t
m, ~ IN r,n.a

A Legal Opinion Which Makes Its
Immediate Continuance Possible.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-Secretary
Whitney to-day notified Chief Construc-
tor Wilson that the department is ad-
vised by the Attorney General that the
available balance Of the general appro-
priations under the respective heads of
Bureau of Construction and Repair, -
and bureau of Steam Engineering" can
be lawfully applied aud used in complet-
ing the hulls and machinery of the
cruisers Chicago, Boston and At
lanta, work upon which had
been suspended because the special
appropriation for that purpose was vir-
tually exhausted, provided the total ex-
penditure shall not exceed the total esti-
mated cost OF said hulls and machinery
as reported by the Naval Advisory Board
under date of Dec, 20, 1882. Constructor
Wilson was accordingly authorized TO
cause an immediate resumption of work
upon these vessels, subject, however, to
the Limitation that the total expenditure
under the Bureau of Construction and
Repair shall not exceed the estimates OF
the Advisory Board relating to hulls.
The necessary orders were given by tele-
graph to-day. Tho chief constructor feels
confident that he Will be able TO complete
the cruisers with the funds now at his
disposal.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-16
ALABAMA's DEFAULTER.
Ex State Treasurer Vincent Cap
tured in Texas.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, March o.
Isaac ii. Vincent, Alsbama's defaulting
Ire asurer, who has been missing since
1885, having got away with over $500, 600
of public money, was lodged in jail here
to-day. He was caught near I'll Paso,
Tex. He left Montgomery on the night
Of Jan. 30, 1885. A reward of $4,000 was
offered for his capture. His securities
and his own property paid about $50,Ooo
of the detalcation.'
The capture of Vincent has caused a
great sensation. He was arrested Sunday
morning at Big Sandy, Howard county,
Tex. He agreed to come without force,
and was brought along quietly without
the Slightest resistance or attempt at es-
cape. Not q soul knew Of his arrest un-
Til he arrived here. and the Deputy Sherin
who arrested him brought him the whole
distance alone. Being interviewed to-
night, Vincent. said he went from here to
Cincinnati, then TO st. Louis and chen to
Mexico. He has made frequent trips to
Texas, and once last year visited New
York. Although his shortage was over
5000. 200, he took away with him only a
few hundred dollars. His wife and chill
dren are in Mexico. There are thirty
nine indictments against him.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-16
Port Meade Eancics.

FORT MEADE, FLA, March 4.-Fort
Meade does not claim to be on a boom,
but it is having very healthy growth.
The town and surrounding country is
rapidly settling up with the right sort of
people from all parts OF the United States
and Europe. All OF the carpenters and
builders are busy.
There seems to be general com plant
from the entire orange belt that orange
trees are slow In blooming. This is the
case here. Some OF our trees are 30 busy
putting on new wood that they appear to
have forgotten that IL is expected Of them
TO bloom. Old settlers say that there is
nothing to fear from this, that the trees
Will all bloom later in the season, will
hold tneir fruit better, be Of finer flavor,
and yield larger crop.
ID. ID. Mahon, the champion hunter and
trapper of Polk county, came In from a
three days hunt last week with load of
pelts and furs that he sold for $102.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-16
JUMPED FROM THE TRACK.
0ne Man Killed and Several Badly
Injured While Going to a Wreck.

one Man Killed and Several Badly
Injured While Going to a Wreck.
GALVESTON, TEX, March 15.-Wreck
Master Nelson, OF the International and
dreat Northern railroad, early this morn
lng with an engine and crew of ten men
proceeded to PrIce's switch, fourteen
m'es east OF Palestine, to collect the de-
!t ofis oil the passenger train wrecked at
MAI VIA place on Sunday morning last.
"uen malt mile this side OF this switch
sue engine 1ew from the track and was
nulled agalhs5 high embankment,c era ST.
,ls Hsel 10 pieces and scalding and
"oUhdlng In more or less severe degree
every man Of the crew. The spine OF
Sonn Finley, cOlOred laborer, was
VfoSeD, and he will die.
wreck Master Nelson was badly scald-
'U anu cut on the arm and head,
section Foreman j. McElya had his
riah' iot III oIOhen IN two places, and his
'islt arm and hand terribly scaIded.
iVung Mcdowan was badly scalded on
,He less, and machinlst was scalded on
Ine mead and face.
10 ilon ,nr the nature of the catastrophe It
wnH u''t aculOus that no more than one life
bslionst' st' Inc cause Of the accident is
ntne ne'eu e 10 nave been the brake shoe DROP
ro4 r'ns On the track. Tae badly injured
,an, ne orought III and placed In the com.
f"n! hospital this evening.